Subj : OpenAI's plan 🤖, Elon $139B pay 💰, design beyond code 🧑‍🎨 To : All From : TLDR Date : Mon Dec 22 2025 11:24 am --6ijtnzWX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The strategy to keep OpenAI ahead involves getting people to use its prod= ucts, keeping them there, and serving the use cases they want=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR = =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Delve] [4] TLDR 2025-12-22 DELVE SHIP= MAS DAY 1 (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Welcome to Delve Shipmas=E2=80=945 days of i= ncredible product launches to bring your team the cheer they really need.= DAY 1: DELVE'S AI COPILOT [4] FOR COMPLIANCE=20 Ever been tired, stuc= k, and miserably documenting something it feels like AI was born to do? 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The strategy to keep OpenAI ahead involv= es getting people to use its products, keeping them there with the best m= odels, serving the use cases they want with reliable compute, then expand= ing into areas like enterprise and hardware. The full conversation, along= with links to the audio, is available in the article.=20 TESLA WINS = FINAL COURT FIGHT OVER ELON MUSK'S PAY PACKAGE (7 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 = Tesla won its fight over Elon Musk's record-breaking pay package approve= d by shareholders in 2018. The Delaware Supreme Court said the lower cour= t's ruling would have deprived Musk of compensation for several years of = work, so he should get the full pay package. Musk's 2018 stock options ha= ve grown in value to $139 billion. 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While it has not yet produced a working chip, it is apparently creat= ing EUV light. The machine is expected to produce its first chip in 2028.= The Dutch company ASML had previously been the sole producer of EUV mach= ines.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE DJI= 'S NIGHTMARE: WORLD'S FIRST IMMERSIVE VR-STYLE 360 DRONE OUT NOW (SPONSOR= ) [9]=20 Incubated by Insta360 [10] and third parties, A1 combines 8K, = 360 capture with intuitive motion control. Weighing sub-249g, the drone= offers an experience like no other, fully immersing pilots with their = VR-style Vision Goggles. This is flight unlike anything else. Grab yours = today from Antigravity's store, shipping globally at antigravity.tech. [1= 0]=20 THE BIG-O COMPLEXITY OF VIBE CODERS (4 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 E= fficiency becoming a metric will create pressure and cause exploration to= look wasteful. High-token sessions will start to look sloppy. Over time,= AI will turn into another optimization target, and eventually into somet= hing that people virtue signal about rather than something that reflects = real impact. Some of the most valuable work exists in the messy, high-tok= en exploratory phase that resists easy measurement.=20 DESIGN IS MORE= THAN CODE (9 MINUTE READ) [12]=20 Design is about finding the right pr= oblem, the right intent, and the right vision. The features you design an= d build today should be considered a step toward that vision. Without the= right context and goal, you could be iterating toward a direction that w= asn't chosen intentionally. The industry is not very patient, but that do= esn't mean you should devalue the why behind your designs in favor of out= put.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS ELLISON'S HARDBALL WARNER= BROS. TACTICS GAVE NETFLIX AN OPENING (14 MINUTE READ) [13]=20 Lawye= rs for David Ellison sent a letter to Warner Bros. Discovery on the night= of December 3 expressing serious concerns about the fairness and adequac= y of the company's sale process. This surprised Warner Bros., as the comp= any believed it had run a fair process. Ellison's inner circle tried to r= etract the statement, claiming some partners didn't even know the letter = was going out, but it was too late. In response, Warner Bros. decided to = sell to Netflix.=20 GRAPHITE GETS BOUGHT BY CURSOR: THREE REFLECTIONS F= ROM SIX YEARS OF WORK (9 MINUTE READ) [14]=20 Software quality startu= p Graphite has been acquired by code generation startup Cursor. Graphite = started out as Screenplay, which couldn't find product-market fit right a= way. The conversations around Graphite started right before the pandemic = lockdowns. The team started working in person together as soon as it was = advisable, allowing them to knit a culture early and build trust. The thr= ee founders took three distinct roles, and they all remain vital to the c= ompany.=20 =E2=9A=A1=20 QUICK LINKS GOOGLE WAS AT RISK OF LOSIN= G ITS DOMINANCE =E2=80=94 UNTIL IT PROMOTED THIS AI EXECUTIVE (14 MINUTE = READ) [15]=20 Josh Woodward, a 16-year Google veteran, was tasked with = growing Gemini while also keeping his existing job running Google Labs. = WERNER VOGELS IS RIGHT (4 MINUTE READ) [16]=20 It's important to= take the time to learn new technologies, the capabilities of those techn= ologies, and where they can help your business, rather than just shoehorn= ing in new technologies everywhere you can.=20 REFLECTIONS ON AI AT T= HE END OF 2025 (4 MINUTE READ) [17]=20 Almost everybody has stopped say= ing that large language models are stochastic parrots.=20 MORE ON WHE= THER USEFUL QUANTUM COMPUTING IS =E2=80=9CIMMINENT=E2=80=9D (6 MINUTE REA= D) [18]=20 Scalable quantum computing is now plausibly imminent.=20 = NETFLIX AND DISNEY+ PROBABLY ONLY ADDED AD-TIER SUBSCRIBERS THIS YEAR, S= AYS MORGAN STANLEY (5 MINUTE READ) [19]=20 The ad tiers scored all net = additional subscribers for both Netflix and Disney+ this year.=20 202= 5 LLM YEAR IN REVIEW (11 MINUTE READ) [20]=20 2025 was a strong and eve= ntful year of progress in LLMs.=20 Love TLDR? 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Big Tech & Startups

Sam Altman on OpenAI's Plan= to Win, AI Personalization, Infrastructure Math, and The Inevitable IPO (5= 0 minute read)

Sam Altman recently appeared on Big Tec= hnology Podcast to discuss OpenAI's strategy to win, where the product line= up is going in the coming year, how OpenAI's over $1 trillion in AI infrast= ructure commitments make sense, and the company's future plans for AI devic= es and AI cloud. The strategy to keep OpenAI ahead involves getting people = to use its products, keeping them there with the best models, serving the u= se cases they want with reliable compute, then expanding into areas like en= terprise and hardware. The full conversation, along with links to the audio= , is available in the article.
Tesla Wins Final Court Figh= t Over Elon Musk's Pay Package (7 minute read)

Tesla won its fight over Elon Musk's re= cord-breaking pay package approved by shareholders in 2018. The Delaware Su= preme Court said the lower court's ruling would have deprived Musk of compe= nsation for several years of work, so he should get the full pay package. M= usk's 2018 stock options have grown in value to $139 billion. It was initia= lly valued at more than $2.3 billion, already shattering previous compensat= ion records.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

US Plans Largest Nuclear Po= wer Program Since the 1970s (6 minute read)

The Trump administration launched a par= tnership in October to build at least $80 billion worth of new, large-scale= nuclear reactors. The money will support the construction of a type of pre= ssurized water reactor developed by Westinghouse that can generate about 1,= 110 megawatts of electric power. The partnership includes profit-sharing me= chanisms that will give the US government some of the upside if the initiat= ive succeeds.
Ex-ASML workers reverse-eng= ineered state of the art chipmaking machines to get China far closer than p= reviously thought to independence from foreign tech (6 minute read)

China reportedly has a prototype EUV ch= ipmaking machine. While it has not yet produced a working chip, it is appar= ently creating EUV light. The machine is expected to produce its first chip= in 2028. The Dutch company ASML had previously been the sole producer of E= UV machines.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

DJI's Nightmare: World's Fi= rst Immersive VR-Style 360 Drone Out Now (Sponsor)

Incubated by Insta360 and third parties, A1 combines 8K, 360 capture with intuitive mot= ion control. Weighing sub-249g, the drone offers an experience like no othe= r, fully immersing pilots with their VR-style Vision Goggles. This is fligh= t unlike anything else. Grab yours today from Antigravity's= store, shipping globally at antigravity.tech.
The Big-O Complexity of Vib= e Coders (4 minute read)

Efficiency becoming a metric will creat= e pressure and cause exploration to look wasteful. High-token sessions will= start to look sloppy. Over time, AI will turn into another optimization ta= rget, and eventually into something that people virtue signal about rather = than something that reflects real impact. Some of the most valuable work ex= ists in the messy, high-token exploratory phase that resists easy measureme= nt.
Design is more than code (9= minute read)

Design is about finding the right probl= em, the right intent, and the right vision. The features you design and bui= ld today should be considered a step toward that vision. Without the right = context and goal, you could be iterating toward a direction that wasn't cho= sen intentionally. The industry is not very patient, but that doesn't mean = you should devalue the why behind your designs in favor of output.
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Ellison's Hardball Warner B= ros. Tactics Gave Netflix an Opening (14 minute read)

Lawyers for David Ellison sent a letter= to Warner Bros. Discovery on the night of December 3 expressing serious co= ncerns about the fairness and adequacy of the company's sale process. This = surprised Warner Bros., as the company believed it had run a fair process. = Ellison's inner circle tried to retract the statement, claiming some partne= rs didn't even know the letter was going out, but it was too late. In respo= nse, Warner Bros. decided to sell to Netflix.
Graphite Gets Bought By Cur= sor: Three Reflections from Six Years of Work (9 minute read)

Software quality startup Graphite has b= een acquired by code generation startup Cursor. Graphite started out as Scr= eenplay, which couldn't find product-market fit right away. The conversatio= ns around Graphite started right before the pandemic lockdowns. The team st= arted working in person together as soon as it was advisable, allowing them= to knit a culture early and build trust. The three founders took three dis= tinct roles, and they all remain vital to the company.
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Quick Links

Google was at risk of losin= g its dominance =E2=80=94 until it promoted this AI executive (14 minute re= ad)

Josh Woodward, a 16-year Google veteran= , was tasked with growing Gemini while also keeping his existing job runnin= g Google Labs.
Werner Vogels is right (4 m= inute read)

It's important to take the time to lear= n new technologies, the capabilities of those technologies, and where they = can help your business, rather than just shoehorning in new technologies ev= erywhere you can.
Reflections on AI at the en= d of 2025 (4 minute read)

Almost everybody has stopped saying tha= t large language models are stochastic parrots.
More on whether useful quan= tum computing is =E2=80=9Cimminent=E2=80=9D (6 minute read)

Scalable quantum computing is now plaus= ibly imminent.
Netflix and Disney+ probabl= y only added ad-tier subscribers this year, says Morgan Stanley (5 minute r= ead)

The ad tiers scored all net additional = subscribers for both Netflix and Disney+ this year.
2025 LLM Year in Review (11= minute read)

2025 was a strong and eventful year of = progress in LLMs.

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